Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Jens Lekman And The Kalimba

Last week Jens Lekman played two shows in Holland and they were fantastic! Though some horns, keys and guitars came out of a laptop, it was really enchanting. In his band there was a cello player and Marla Hansen played the violin and she did it wonderfully (check here some vids of her with Inlets). Still the most intimate moments were the most impressing to me. Jens solo with his guitar or with a Kalimba. That is an african instrument and in the hands of Jens it sounds really cool. It has a bell-like tone with beautiful overtones en limited possibilities. Someone somewhere posted an album with Jens' live Kalimba songs. You can download it here to check it yourself!

Download: Jens Lekman - Songs On The Kalimba (album)

1 comment:

Choquolage said...

So that's what that instrument is called. I think the songs he did with the kalimba were quite impressive.